Combination-pocket for pantaloons



(No Model.)

J. PEISS.

' COMBINATION POCKET FOR PANTAL'OONS.

No. 319,570. Patented June 9, 1885:

WITNESSES IIVI EIVTUR nrrrnn Sterne PATENT JULIUS FEISS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

COMBINATlON-POCKET FOR PANTALOONS.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,570, dated June 9, 18 Application filed December 29, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ULIUs FEISS, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination; Pockets for Pantaloons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a combination pantaloons-pocket, having for its object a pocket with two openings, a side opening and a top opening, and stayed between the two, and both openings provided 011 the inner side with a tape or equivalent device, stitched across and closing the respective openings, whereby either a top opening or a side opening to the pocket is had,as may be preferred by the purchaser, by removing one of these tapes.

A further object is to continue the tape that is stitched along the side opening across the pocket, some little distance from the bottom thereof, and stitched in like manner, by means of which the pocket is made of suitable length to be used with the top opening; but when removed to release the side opening, also opens the pocket to the bottom thereof, making the pocket of suitable length tofbe used with the side opening. a

With these objects in view my invention consists in certain features of construction, and in combination of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the top portion of apair of pantaloons, showing the top and side openings for the pocket, but both closed, according to my invention. Fig. 2 is the same view with the top opening released, the tape having been removed from the inside across this opening. Fig. 3 is a side view of the inside of a portion of the pantaloons, showing the two pieces of tape that secure the two mouths of the pocket. Fig. 4 is the same view as Figs. 1 and 2, but with the side mouth of the pocket released while the top remains closed. 7

A represents the pantaloons, 13, the pocket, 0, the top opening or mouth, and D the side opening. Between the two openings, at a, the garment is securely staycd that is, fastened permanently, separating the openings 0 and D. A piece of tape, 0, or other similar materialis laid on the inside along the line of the open, ing 0, and stitched through the garment to close the said opening 0. Another piece, (I, is laid along the line of the opening D and stitched or secured in like manner. This piece (2 extends down to within a short distance of the bottom of the pocket, and thence is extended across the pocket, preferably between the pocket and outside of the garment, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and is stitched to the pocket, closing the latter on this line. Each piece of tape is usually left with a free end that may be grasped with the fingers, and a vigorous pull will break the stitch and remove the tape, releasing the corresponding part of the pocket.

If a customer wishes a top opening to the pocket,the tape 0 is removed, leaving the upper opening, 0, free and the pocket of suitable length to be used with the top opening. If a side opening is preferred, the tape 0 is left in position, and the tape cl is removed, by means of which not only the opening D is released,

but the pocket is opened to the bottom thereof, thereby increasing the depth of the pocket suitable for the side opening. The two openings might be stitched across to temporarily close them without the said piece of tape, but could not be so conveniently opened.

Some customers prefer a top opening and some a side opening to the pocket, and with my improved combination pocket, arranged as aforesaid, a retail dealer need carry only about half the goods usually carried in stock to accommodate his customers. Duplex pockets, so callcdthat is, two pockets, the one provided with aside opening and the other with a top opening-have been in use for the same purpose,and my improved combination pocket is designed to avoid the. extra expense of the second pocket and the cumbersomeness thereof.

WVhat I claim is- 1. A pocket for pantaloons having a side opening and a top opening,both of which are temporarily closed by stitching, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination with a pocket for pantaloons, apiece or pieces of tape or equivalent into the pocket is formed,and by removing the transverse tape from the pocket the latter is deepened, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica- 1 tion in the presence of two witnesses, this 3d day of December, 1884. 4

JULIUS FEISS.

along the top and one side of the pocket, whereby, by'removing a portion of said tape, an opening to the pocket can be formed, either at the top or side thereof, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a pocket, of tape or equivalent material stitched across the top and one side thereof and transversely across the pocket, whereby, by removing the tape either at the top or side thereof, an opening material stitched to the inside of the pants I I l Witnesses:

CHAS. H. Domes, ALBERT E. LYNoH. 

